Vanda Almeida currently works as an Economic Analyst at the Fiscal Policy Analysis unit of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC). She holds a PhD in Economics and a Masters in Public Policy and Development from the Paris School of Economics, a Masters in Applied Econometrics and Forecasting from the Lisbon School of Economics and Management and a Licenciatura in Economics from the Nova School of Business and Economics.
Prior to joining the JRC, she worked as a Research Fellow at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), a consultant for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an Assistant Professor at the École Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Économique (ENSAE) and an economist at the Central Bank of Portugal (Banco de Portugal).
Vanda has worked on diverse topics, concerning both micro and macro subjects, conducting both applied and theoretical analysis. Her current research interests relate to inequality, redistribution, the cushioning role of the tax and transfer system, heterogeneous agents DSGE models and the interactions between microeconomic heterogeneity and macroeconomic dynamics.
The Covid-19 crisis has shown that fiscal policy discretionary measures and automatic stabilisers can be crucial tools to cushion the impacts of economic crises and promote swifter recoveries. Participating at the Annual Research Conference will allow for a deeper understanding of how these tools can be effectively designed and implemented, providing useful information for researchers and policy makers on how to cope with the effects of the current crisis and prepare for future ones.
